[Incubator] Proj4php community project

Tue Jul 19 15:25:32 PDT 2016

Hi Cameron,

Thank you for your answer.
I am totally agree, proj4php is a bit young (even after 7 years !).
But somes continue to get interested on it.

I am going to complete proj4php strategy to match your checklist !
And as Jody tolds me, a first step will be to became a community project.

I will keep incubator lists in touch.

Regards,
Julien.

2016-07-19 22:28 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>:

> Hi Julian,
>
> It sounds like proj4php has good foundations, and would be a candidate for
> being an OSGeo project in a few years, but is still a bit young to be ready
> for OSGeo Incubation.
>
> I suggest a better checklist to look at is the OSGeo Graduation Checklist.
> This is what you would be aiming for if you wished to complete graduation.
>
> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html
>
> Cheers, Cameron
>
> On 19/07/2016 6:40 AM, Julien Moquet wrote:
>
> Hi Jody,
>
> I really appreciate your help !
>
> However, it depends on what a mentor should be ! Does an osgeo member can
> be a mentor ?
> I eventually know Thomas Bonfort by the past. He is a committer and PSC
> member of MapServer. I am going to ask him.
>
> By the way, I am starting to make proj4php as a community project !
>
> Regards,
> Julien.
>
>
> 2016-07-18 3:21 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>:
>
>> Thanks Julien - have been collecting some applications on the osgeo issue
>> tracker for incubation. Curently it can be tricky to find a mentor for new
>> projects (or in this case new to OSGeo proejcts) - did you have a mentor in
>> mind?
>>
>> I would encourage you to apply as an OSGeo "community project
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects>" - it is a faster
>> way to be included in OSGeo (as it does not require finding a suitable
>> mentor
>>
>> Aside: We really should revise this list of application questions -
>> thinks like the question on "infrastructure" was from the time when OSGeo
>> svn was considered more cool then source forge CVS for version control.
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 16 July 2016 at 05:33, Julien Moquet < <moquet.julien at gmail.com>
>> moquet.julien at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear OSGeo members, Mr Garnett,
>>>
>>> As you may know, proj4php is an open source project, started in 2009,
>>> and recently hosted on github : <https://github.com/proj4php/proj4php>
>>> https://github.com/proj4php/proj4php
>>> This is not a huge project, but we got a tiny community to be grown.
>>>
>>> In order to describe our project, here is answers for questions from
>>> this page :
>>> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/application.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Please describe your Project.
>>>
>>> Proj4php is a php library for geographic coordinates transformation
>>> using proj4 definitions
>>>
>>> > Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
>>>
>>> Most of library using proj4 definitions are hosted at OSGeo. It gives
>>> the project more sens for the users, and more visibility.
>>>
>>> > Type of application does this project represent(client, server,
>>> standalone, library, etc.):
>>>
>>> library
>>>
>>> > Please describe any relationships to other open source projects.
>>>
>>> spatialreference.org as a source of defs
>>>
>>> > Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or
>>> products.
>>>
>>> nop
>>>
>>> > Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under?
>>>
>>> LGPL 2
>>>
>>> > Is there already a beta or official release?
>>>
>>> The 1.0 stands for old releases (php under 5.2), and the 2.0 releases
>>> are the latests.
>>>
>>> > What is the origin of your project (commercial, experimental, thesis
>>> or other higher education, government, or some other source)?
>>>
>>> Proj4php gets its origin as I was stuck on delay on a php project with
>>> strong hosting constraints. I translated proj4js in php, and set its source
>>> code open the same night.
>>> Then a little community started to grow. Winne27, nickolanack, judgej
>>> made real good work on proj4php to develop it and help others to use it.
>>>
>>> > Does the project support open standards? Which ones and to what
>>> extent? (OGC, w3c, ect.)
>>>
>>> nop
>>>
>>> > Has the software been certified to any standard (CITE for example)? If
>>> not, is it the intention of the project owners to seek certification at
>>> some point?
>>>
>>> nop
>>>
>>> > Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the
>>> copyright?
>>>
>>> yes
>>>
>>> > How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to
>>> the project at this time?
>>>
>>> We are 3 people to help others to fix their problems or answering
>>> questions on proj4php.
>>>
>>> > How many people have commit access to the source code respository?
>>>
>>> 4
>>>
>>> > Approximately how many users are currently using this project?
>>>
>>> Github tells there is 48 unique cloners the last 14 days, and we got
>>> about 1800 downloads the last 30 days on packagist.
>>>
>>> > What type of users does your project attract (government, commercial,
>>> hobby, academic research, etc. )?
>>>
>>> I don't know
>>>
>>> > If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using the
>>> OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member project of the
>>> OSGeo Foundation?
>>>
>>> I don't understand the question !
>>>
>>> > Does the project include an automated build and test?
>>>
>>> Yes, we use Travis
>>>
>>> > What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)
>>>
>>> PHP
>>>
>>> > What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish,
>>> German, etc) of the core developers?
>>>
>>> English, but I am personally French
>>>
>>> > What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project? How
>>> many users do you expect to download the project when it is released?
>>>
>>> about 200 ko ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Julien Moquet
>>>
>>
>>
>
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